Darxide
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| System(s): Sega 32X | |||||
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| Developer: Frontier Developments | |||||
| Genre: Shoot-'em-Up | |||||
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Darxide is a Sega 32X shoot-'em-up game developed by Frontier Developments and published by Sega in late 1995. It is notable for being one of two 32X games only to be released in Europe, and the only one which is region locked.
Darxide was developed with the canceled Sega Neptune Sega Mega Drive/Sega 32X hybrid console in mind (with the aim of becoming a launch title), but delays in production and the subsequent halting of the Neptune project meant it premiered as the very last 32X game in Europe (with North America seeing theirs, Spider-Man: Web of Fire in early 1996). Darxide was once set for release in North America but the plans fell through for unknown reasons.
The game is a 3D shooter, similar to Asteroids but with an extra dimension. The player's task is to eliminate all asteroids and alien ships within a certain time limit, and is said to be extremely difficult as a result. It is one of the few 32X games to make use of textured polygons, setting it aside from most other 32X games which stuck with two dimensions.
Despite receiving mixed reviews from the press at the time, in recent years Darxide has become one of the rarest (or at least, most sought-after) 32X games, with copies being known to sell for $700-$1000 USD second-hand. Frontier released a sequel (or partial remake), Darxide EMP for Pocket PCs and the Nokia Series 60 in 2003/2004.
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- ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1996" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 74
- ↑ MAN!AC, "04/96" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 67
- ↑ Mega Fun, "03/96" (DE; 1996-02-20), page 87
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-xx), page 72
- ↑ Sega Magazin, "März 1996" (DE; 1996-02-14), page 16
- ↑ Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 29
- ↑ Sega Power, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-01-18), page 38
- ↑ Sega Pro, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-01-25), page 58
- ↑ Video Games, "2/96" (DE; 1996-01-24), page 84